Summer Salad

Whenever we visit our friends for dinner, we offer to bring a dish. 90% Of the time, they ask me to bring salad. They love my salads. Ironically, I don’t really even eat salad at home. But, because I belong to a CSA, I always have fresh organic veggies in my fridge that need to be used. So in the salad they go… whatever is in season!

How to be Neighborly: When someone asks for salad, make it a good salad.

So, what makes a good salad? Well, here’s a couple tips:

A salad is not lettuce alone. It needs friends.

Any good salad should have:

Color (either multiple, or all one shade)

Texture (nuts or homemade croutons)

A featured veggie or fruit

Something that supports the featured veggie

Homemade dressing

I try to think of my ingredients like wine pairings. You want to pick foods that naturally go together. Here are some classic examples.